Issue 19Editor's Welcome

EDITOR'S WELCOME
Image with black borderWelcome to summer gardening in Scotland! Since our last issue, we've had two months of contrasts: Scotland recorded its third sunniest June on record, and then in poured July, and it continued to pour until it left!

How has that left your plants? Are they looking at less than their usual August best? Find out how other readers described their summer gardening, and a few stats on our summer weather so far in 'Scottish Summer Gardening: An Adventure Sport".
If you have just returned from sunnier climes, and all that rain has encouraged jungle-like growth in your greenspace, fear not, as Neil M White has the perfect advice in this issue to help you tame your post-holiday garden.
We've also got loads of inspiration to tackle planting on a slope from Katie Reynolds; maximising your space for veg growing from Eli Appleby-Donald; dealing with planters in the shade from Scott Galloway; and some colour suggestions from Lynn Hill for bringing that designer's touch to your garden.
Andy Peasgood offers practical advice for growing trees in containers; Karen Stewart-Russell explains how she preserves herbs for extended use; Katrina and Clayton show us how to propagate from cuttings; and Theresa Talbot looks ahead to getting those hardy annuals sown now for a blooming brilliant start to next spring!
We also feature a readers' garden in Strathpeffer which has had a mammoth makeover, and hear from Kevin Frediani, Curator of Botanic Garden and Head of Grounds at University of Dundee, about an exciting rewilding project across Dundee.
Our very own editorial assistant Laura Frances talks to us about how she's learning to manage chronic pain with gardening; in a new feature, we share tips for beginner gardeners from some of Scotland's top gardeners; and get to find out what happened to some of those fabulous show gardens after Scone Palace Garden Fair!
All this, as well as a look at what's in season with fabulously flowering asters and crocosmia; growing beetroot and winter salads; and your chance to nominate someone deserving of The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society's Awards - and we've got an issue to make you forget all your rainy day worries!
Gardeners often say that 'God made rainy days so gardeners could get housework done!' Forget the housework, grab a cuppa, and fill your wellies with Scotland Grows, in both our magazine, and podcast - series 2 out now!
M.T. O’DonnellEditor
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